Succeed at cross-examination with these proven strategies, angles of attack and sample questions. Loaded with tips and techniques culled from Walter Simpson's 40+ years of in-the-trenches experience, Pattern Cross-Examinations will help you tackle these tough challenges of cross-examination with ease and finesse:

• Dealing with the sarcastic or non-responsive witness • Handling the confrontational witness • Rattling the expert witness • When to ask an open-ended question • When to push a witness and when to back off

Model cross-examinations (plaintiff and defense) in common fact patterns are provided for each of these areas of civil litigation: